TSMC to Build Chip Factory in Japan as It Faces Surging Demand
The Japan factory is the most recent expansion plan for TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker, as it faces...
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Facebook Limits Employee Access to Some Internal Discussion Groups
Facebook said it is also taking steps to curb harassment and bullying on its social platform. Photo: josh edelson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images...
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Retailers Vetted Theranos Without Testing Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.—In 2010, Theranos Inc. was courting two major retailers, hoping to put its laboratory technology in busy pharmacies...
Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% for 2022
Seniors and other Americans receiving Social Security benefits in 2022 will see the largest increase in their payments in four...
Travelers, Welcome to the Revolution in Overhead Bin Size
Everything’s tight in an airplane cabin. But when there is adequate room, travel sure gets easier. Take overhead bins. Boeing...
House Approves Extension of Debt Ceiling Into December
WASHINGTON—The House on Tuesday voted along party lines to raise the U.S. borrowing limit into December, as Democratic lawmakers wrestled...
IMF Cuts Global Growth Forecast Amid Supply-Chain Disruptions, Pandemic Pressures
WASHINGTON—Supply-chain disruptions and global health concerns spurred the International Monetary Fund to lower its 2021 growth forecast for the world...
Oil Prices Have Topped $80. But Don’t Expect a Spending Bonanza from Shale Drillers
Shale companies are on track to spend a little more money pumping oil next year, but most aren’t opening up...
Johnson & Johnson’s Top Scientist to Depart
Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ -0.42% top scientist, who oversaw a turnaround in the company’s pharmaceutical unit and the development of...
Southwest Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights After Weekend Disruption
Southwest Airlines Co. LUV -4.17% scrapped about 10% of its Monday flight schedule, following hundreds of earlier cancellations over the...
Hasbro Enters Holiday Season With CEO on Health Leave
Hasbro Inc.’s HAS -1.62% abrupt leadership change this week leaves the toy company in the hands of lieutenants to navigate...
Merck Asks FDA to Authorize Promising Covid-19 Pill
Merck & Co. and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP said Monday they have filed an application asking U.S. health regulators to...
Nobel Economics Prize Awarded to U.S.-Based Trio
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens for their...
Economy Week Ahead: Inflation, Jobless Claims, Retail Sales
Shipping containers at Tianjin Port in China last month. Photo: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg News By WSJ staff Oct. 10, 2021 3:00...
Latest James Bond Film Falls Behind Predecessors as Covid-19 Concerns Linger
LOS ANGELES—James Bond finally faced off at the box office against a foe he couldn’t seem to shake, and the...
Unfinished Tractors, Pickup Trucks Pile Up as Components Run Short
Manufacturers are stacking up unfinished goods on factory floors and parking incomplete vehicles in airport parking lots while waiting for...
WSJ News Exclusive | Catalent to Buy Supplement Maker Bettera Holdings for $1 Billion
Contract drug manufacturer Catalent Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it has agreed to buy closely held Bettera Holdings...
Economy Week Ahead: Factory Activity, Trade and Employment
The U.S. jobs report for August will be in focus this week. Tuesday China’s factory activity is forecast to expand...
Elizabeth Holmes Might Claim Abusive Relationship in Theranos Fraud Trial
Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes could argue at her upcoming criminal fraud trial that she was in a decadelong abusive...
How to Get the Kids to School Is the Latest Pandemic Headache
Figuring out how to get kids to and from school has always been a hassle, but with the return of...
